tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5629209057489249999.post2329659538846764459..comments2024-03-25T21:22:49.845-04:00Comments on The Cockroach Catcher: Walnuts & Music: Medical Students & MahjongAm Ang Zhanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07466386105122653445noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5629209057489249999.post-61992095788571675952012-05-29T20:39:24.810-04:002012-05-29T20:39:24.810-04:00I wish I had the answer. Certainly the avoidance o...I wish I had the answer. Certainly the avoidance of fat and the use of Statins can be devastating as I have witness it in a close friend.Cockroach Catcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14440000294855006966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5629209057489249999.post-32061439233227549242012-05-29T17:48:33.158-04:002012-05-29T17:48:33.158-04:00Interesting article, CC. I remember reading the Nu...Interesting article, CC. I remember reading the Nun Study about this and about taking up music and so on helping the memory. I think there's something in it and my experience of the Chinese has taught me that they have a much healthier lifestyle than the West. However, I do always bear in mind my mother who had Alzheimers. She was someone who was very social, always doing new things and who learned several languages and a crossword fiend, yet she got it. There's a lot of things we still don't know about it and in our family it does seem to be hereditary; my grandmother and two of my aunts on my mum's side had it. I'm hoping I take after my dad for this.Julienoreply@blogger.com